BEST tankers dominate PSI swim tournament
BEHROUZ Elite Swimming Team (BEST) tankers once again proved that they are a force to reckon with by bagging 77 medals in the 2022 PSI Short Course National Championships held at the New Clark City Aquatic Center in Capas, Tarlac.
Veteran international campaigner Peter Dean spearheaded the team’s onslaught, earning seven gold, two silver and one bronze medals in the two-day meet.
Dean ruled the 100m individual medley (1:02.00), 50m backstroke (28.02), 400m IM (4:48.00), 100m backstroke (1:01.00), 200m IM (2:16.00), 50m butterfly (27.12), and 200m backstroke (2:11).
He finished second in the 200m freestyle (25.51) and 200m breaststroke (2:38.00), then third in the 50m breaststroke (33.24).
Also making waves was Yugo Cabana, who earned gold medals in the 50m breastroke, 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly.
Sharing the spotlight was World Junior Championships veteran Amina Bungubung who bagged gold medals in the 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle, and Shinloah Yve San Diego, a winner of gold medals in the 200m IM and 200m breaststroke.
Mohammad Madi Mojdeh, younger brother of World Junior Championships semifinalist Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh, likewise delivered a remarkable showing, winning two bronzes in the 200m freestyle (2:30.6) and 50m butterfly (33.86).
The other medalists were Lleyton Rara, Hjalmar Pasaylo, Kimberly Estacio, Sierdon Caguimbal, Ashby Canlas and Zahjeed Sarmiento.